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Tag Archives: Alabama

December 15, 2017

There’s Still Beauty in the Gardens

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Gardens don’t always look great in the winter months even in the South.   But you just never know what you are going to find when you walk around the Dothan Area Botanical Gardens outside of Dothan, Alabama.  You might have seen my post yesterday Continue reading →

May 18, 2017

Return to Dothan Area Botanical Gardens

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Dothan Area Botanical Gardens has to be my favorite spot to explore when I go with Chris to Dothan, Alabama.  The perks of being able to travel with him during the year are many but honestly when I get to go to Dothan the trip Continue reading →

January 12, 2017

A Memorial for Dancin’ Dave

Beth Ann Chiles/ Inspiration, Life stories, Writing/ 14 Comments/ 505

Over a year ago Chris and I had the pleasure to meet a local icon in the Wiregrass area of Alabama.  I first learned about Dancin’ Dave on a flight to Dothan from a seat mate as we were sitting waiting to be cleared to Continue reading →

December 21, 2015

Deep Breath

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I am taking a deep breath and enjoying the day today.  How about you?  I recently wrote a post about my struggle with keeping the JOY in Christmas this year. The struggle has been real but I am winning, Last week Chris and I packed Continue reading →

November 20, 2015

Teapots, Racing Pigs, Peanuts and Swimming Pigs

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The National Peanut Festival offered a lot of different things.  From teapots to racing pigs to peanuts to swimming pigs—it was all there. My first post here focused on a lot of the fun things that we were able to see at our first visit to Continue reading →

October 30, 2015

It’s Pecan and Peanut Time at Shute Pecan Company

Beth Ann Chiles/ Products, Travel/ 7 Comments/ 3757

I love finding great local businesses to support and I recently found a perfect place to spend some time (and money) when I stopped in Shute Pecan Company in Dothan, Alabama located at 1475 Ross Clark Circle.  I wanted to get a few things to Continue reading →

October 2, 2015

Peanuts Around Town in Dothan, Alabama

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Fall is here and my thoughts are turning to peanuts.  Peanuts in the Dothan,  Alabama area grow from April to October and the type of peanut I have been hunting on my trips to Dothan have been of the fiberglass variety instead of the grow Continue reading →

September 25, 2015

Rest In Peace, Dancin’ Dave

Beth Ann Chiles/ Friends, Life stories, Thoughts, Travel, Writing/ 5 Comments/ 3415

On August 2nd Chris and I met a legend.  I can honestly say that I looked forward to meeting Dancin’ Dave whose real name, Dave Whatley was not known as widely as his beloved Dancin’ Dave name.  Dancin’ Dave passed away this past week and Continue reading →

September 3, 2015

Keep On Dancing, Dancin’ Dave, Keep On Dancing

Beth Ann Chiles/ Life stories, Thoughts, Travel, Writing/ 11 Comments/ 5004

One of my Bucket List items before I left Alabama was to meet Dancin’ Dave.  If you recall, I DID meet Dancin’ Dave and wrote about our visit with him on the blog in this post – Dancin’ Dave – A Legend in the Wiregrass.  Continue reading →

March 25, 2015

Full Bloom on Wordless Wednesday

Beth Ann Chiles/ Photography, Travel, Wordless Wednesday/ 12 Comments/ 3454

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The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users
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The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users
by Guy Kawasaki
As always Guy Kawasaki has a great book with great information about all things social media. I highlighted tons of places in this book and it is definitely one that I will come back to time and time again to help me in all of the socia...
Old Girls in Low Cotton
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Old Girls in Low Cotton
by Helen Childress
This short book was one that looked like it would be a fun read. I honestly did not enjoy it all that much---it was a lot of characters bickering and while some of the writing was witty and funny it was not that kind of book that made m...
The Good Girl
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The Good Girl
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I loved this book! It had my interest from the very first page and was my "airplane" book on a recent trip. Author Mary Kubica created believable and interesting characters that the reader learned to identify with and care about. Mi...
All the Light We Cannot See
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All the Light We Cannot See
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This is quite a book! I had it recommended to me by several people and while I thought it might be a little dark and depressing it made me have a better understanding of what life in this time period was like. The strength of the huma...
An Abundance of Katherines
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An Abundance of Katherines
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Another great book by John Green. I have become a huge fan of John Green since my reading of A Fault in our Stars and this book was another that did not disappoint me at all. It was a story of a child prodigy, a lot of anagrams, and a b...

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